Implementation of a novel malaria management strategy based on self-testing and self-treatment in remote areas in the Amazon (Malakit): confronting a-priori assumptions with reality

Implementation of a novel malaria management strategy based on self-testing and self-treatment in remote areas in the Amazon (Malakit): confronting a-priori assumptions with reality

Abstract Background A novel strategy to combat malaria was tested using a methodology adapted to a complex setting in the Amazon region and a hard-to-reach, mobile community. The intervention strategy tested was the distribution, after training, of malaria self-management kits to gold miners who cro...

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Main Authors: Muriel Suzanne Galindo, Yann Lambert, Louise Mutricy, Laure Garancher, Jane Bordalo Miller, José Hermenegildo Gomes, Alice Sanna, Cassio Peterka, Hedley Cairo, Helene Hiwat, Antoine Adenis, Mathieu Nacher, Martha Cecilia Suárez-Mutis, Stephen Vreden, Maylis Douine
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-04-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Subjects:
Border malaria
Mining population
Remote health
Process evaluation
Implementation outcomes
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-12801-0

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-12801-0

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